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A press release from Woods Hole announced today that new radiation readings for the Pacific off the North American coast have reached new post Fukushima highs. fukuleaks.org

Bangladesh plans to "build a nuclear city" in Rooppur using Russian reactors designed with 'post-Fukushima' safety features, Anwar Hossain of the country's Ministry of Science and Technology said this week. Hossain headed a delegation on a technical tour of Russia's Novovoronezh nuclear power plant on 1-3 December. world-nuclear-news.org

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Tuesday that the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant east-southeast of Toledo, Ohio, had been granted a 20-year extension on its operating license. The single-reactor plant is now authorized to operate through April 22, 2037. nuclearstreet.com

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) workers began loading the first of 193 nuclear fuel assemblies into Watts Bar unit 2 on 5 December. world-nuclear-news.org